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no radio volume at startup - base, non-CUE system

I have a 2013 ATS Standard 2.0T with the base, non-CUE infotainment system. Similar to another problem that I just posted, intermittently, when I start the vehicle, I don't have any radio volume. I can turn the volume up, down, and mute it, but nothing happens. When I toggle through AM, FM, and XM inputs, radio volume is restored. Is this happening to anyone else, and if so, have you gotten it resolved?

I took my vehicle to the dealer when the problem was occurring. They couldn't/wouldn't look at it at the time, but scheduled me for a service appointment. While they kept my vehicle for 15 days, in the end they said they couldn't reproduce the problem and suggested that I bring it in when the problem is occurring, which is what I'd done in the first place.

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Is anyone else experiencing this problem?

Since making the post, I went a couple of weeks without the problem occurring once. I've kept a log and I went 38 consecutive starts without it happening. Then, over the past 4 days, it's happened once per day which equates to 4 of 13 starts.

My dealer had told me that system updates are automatically sent to the vehicle via OnStar. Is there any truth to that? Frankly, I don't think the dealer knows what they're talking about.

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That is news to me and the first time I've heard that On Star is used for CUE updates, although I'm sure it's possible. I had one service tech tell me HD radio was satellite and it is not (which is what someone told him).

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Originally Posted by barlowc

Is anyone else experiencing this problem?

Since making the post, I went a couple of weeks without the problem occurring once. I've kept a log and I went 38 consecutive starts without it happening. Then, over the past 4 days, it's happened once per day which equates to 4 of 13 starts.

My dealer had told me that system updates are automatically sent to the vehicle via OnStar. Is there any truth to that? Frankly, I don't think the dealer knows what they're talking about.

Hello Chris,

I was able to search through our system and see your open case with our customer action team. I see there was an initial phone call to you on 09/10/13 followed by another phone call in which a message was left on 09/11/13 and now there is a scheduled follow-up call for 09/14/13. I see your acting agent left a voicemail with their phone number and your case file number. If you would like to further discuss this with me via private message and ensure your phone number is the correct one to best reach you by I am more than happy to do that. I will leave a notify for your acting agent of our interaction and anything else you would like me to inform them.

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Hi Laura. I did receive a voice mail on 09/11 around 11:30 AM from someone at the "GM Customer Action Team". They said they were calling in regards to "the e-mail that I had sent", but I wasn't sure what e-mail they were talking about. Anyway, I am planning to call them back this afternoon.

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Originally Posted by barlowc

Hi Laura. I did receive a voice mail on 09/11 around 11:30 AM from someone at the "GM Customer Action Team". They said they were calling in regards to "the e-mail that I had sent", but I wasn't sure what e-mail they were talking about. Anyway, I am planning to call them back this afternoon.

Hi Chris,

In your case file that was created in regards to them, there was an email that was sent from you to Cadillac in which their team got a hold of. I see you are going to call your acting agent back. If you would like my assistance with anything, please let me know and reach out to me via private message.

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Bryce2.0T and jessehell... when you turn your vehicles off, what radio mode do you typically leave it in? XM, AM, FM? I'm exclusively an XM listener, so when I turn my ATS off, it's on an XM channel. I'm starting to experiment with leaving it on FM when I turn the vehicle off just to see if the XM module is a factor.

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Originally Posted by jessehell

First one would have the display freeze on the wrong channel. It never had the volume issue. The replacement still freezes and now has the volume issue as well.

That sucks. Can you describe the display freezing on the wrong channel? I have a similar issue where sometime, when I change the channel, the sound will change accordingly and the display below the speedometer will reflect the new channel, but the display in the center stack will display the old channel for 15 - 30 seconds before it changes. Is your issue similar to that in any way?

Straight off the lot and home from the dealer, I had a problem where intermittently upon startup, the radio would start on the default/lowest FM channel instead of where I left it. There was an internal bulletin of sorts for that issue which was supposed to be resolved by reprogramming the radio module, but in my case reprogramming the radio module caused other things to stop working and they ended up also reprogramming the BCM, replacing the radio module, and replacing the center stack. I haven't seen the issue since, but now have the intermittent no radio volume at startup issue.

What's frustrating is that I'm now on the hook to tell the dealer exactly how to reproduce the problem before they can/will do anything about it. GM Customer Service is working with me and has suggested that I try a different dealer who they'll work on the issue with. But I guess I don't have much confidence that it'll get resolved if someone doesn't already know about the issue and how to fix it. Playing the "component replacement game" probably isn't going to do it.

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I had the same happen as you in paragraph 2. My freezing is exactly as you describe in paragraph 1. I now have the same thoughts about bringing the car to the dealer as you, except my dealer curbed my wheel and ruined my tire at the same time.